See Exclusive Portraits of Celebrities, Politicians, Activists, and More Backstage at the Women's March

On January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across America in a spectacular show of support for women’s rights. At the apex of these demonstrations was the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., where huge crowds of women—and men—rallied near the Capitol in a sea of pink hats and colorful signs. Glamour was backstage at the March, working in partnership with the Girlgaze project to capture an exclusive series of portraits featuring celebrities, activists, politicians, athletes, and more. See all 23 here, and read each person's reply to one specific question: "What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party?"

Zendaya, actress

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "There really is no specific thing. The most beautiful part of this is everyone is coming, and it’s not just one collective effort. There are so many different ideas and so many different thoughts, and there’s a bunch of different signs that each read things that are important to people. And in some way, we’re all able to collectively come together and put it under the umbrella of empowerment and love and of women. To really label it as one thing would be impossible. We all have things that are real and honest and real, I guess you can say, concerns and things that need be addressed. To ignore any of them wouldn’t be fair."

Cory Booker, United States Senator

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "I don’t want to reduce the serious issues we have just to add to a slogan. The reality is we’ve got a very organized effort not supported by the majority of Americans—but to really undermine so much of the ground we’ve gained over the last years and decades. Whether it’s assault on a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions and not have her government officials do it, whether it’s a tax on preventative care like the attacks on Planned Parenthood, or even just the attacks on the Affordable Care Act—driving us back to the days where insurance companies could deny people health insurance for pre-existing conditions. And being a woman was seen as a pre-existing condition. So this is a systematic attack on so many of the things that should be fundamental rights here in America: access to quality health care, a land for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We’re gonna have to fight back in every way. This is not gonna be resolved in just a day. Let this not be a day of protest. Let this be an ignition point for continued activism and engagement to stop the efforts to demean and degrade our fellow Americans and women."

Janet Mock, author, advocate, TV host

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "A commitment to solidarity. I think solidarity is work that can be struggle work. I think it’s work that often times isn’t convenient. And I think it also needs to be intersectional and inclusive, so it has to take us outside of ourselves. So the rallying cry would be solidarity and sisterhood."

Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York and Women's March co-organizer

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "Protect the most vulnerable communities amongst us: undocumented, Muslims, LGBT rights, and women ourselves—our reproductive rights."

Bella Thorne, actress

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "It’s important not only for women to be out here but for everybody. Everybody is being affected by this. I’m really excited because I see girls and their husbands coming out to support, which is really nice. We have to show unity as women, but the men should show it as well."

Van Jones, CNN political commentator

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "We have to stick up for the underdogs in the red states and the blue states. Part of what happened is that we let the little people get divided against each other. You have women who are suffering in the red states and you have women suffering in the blue states. You have women who don’t have jobs, who don’t have health care, and don’t have protection in both states in both parties. I think sticking up for women across the board and underdogs across the board is the way to bring us together."

Danielle Brooks, actress

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party?"We can’t be stopped. We cannot be stopped, we will not be moved. It’s really about unity. They just said, 'We are here,' and I feel that we are making it known that our voices are important and we will not be stopped."

Chrissy Teigen, model

Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "We will be heard. Our voices will be heard, and our priorities will we represented in the people who represent us."

Mothers of the Movement, activists

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party?"Equality, the same as what we have been fighting for the last several decades. We want to be equal. We’re human beings like everyone else and we want to be treated equally."

Hope Solo, soccer player and two-time Olympic gold medalist

Fran Drescher, actress and comedian

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "The call to action I’m empowering women with is that we are the largest consumers as well as the caregivers to the child, spouse, and elder, in almost every home nationwide. Whether you’re a working woman or a stay-at-home mom, [you] wield a lot of power, so stop buying products made by polluters, chauvinists, or racists. Stop, stop ’til it hurts because our current lifestyle is unsustainable anyway. Stop buying plastic if you’re worried about global warming. Stop buying toxic products at the supermarket, and drive responsible manufacturing trends as a result. Cut through the red tape of Washington and just go straight to the market and stop buying the crap. Save the planet, save your family, save yourself."

Sister Simone Campbell, religious sister, lawyer, lobbyist

Chaz Bono, advocate, writer, musician

What’s a rallying cry that all women can unite around in 2017, regardless of political party? "I don’t know if I’m the right man to speak for all women. I think we all need to speak for all of us, all of us who don’t fit into Trump’s America. I don’t want to limit it to just women. What I would want to say is that for all women, for anyone who feels afraid, who feels disenchanted and disfranchised, like their rights are about to be infringed upon, we all need to come together, stand together, resist, fight—whatever we need to do to protect ourselves."